Gibson Marauder Specifications

Technical details and shipping figures

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Pickups:Two entirely different pickups for tremendous tonal versatility  Front pickup  Super Humbucking  Back pickup  Entirely new design with
accented treble frequencies (Back pickup is single coil). Early models have a three-way selector switch, later models have a potentiometer to allow any blend of the two pickups.

The above shipping figures are incomplete: the Marauder was shipping at least until 1981, possibly later; eighties models were produced exclusively at the Nashville plant, typically in opaque red finish.

The guitar picture (left) is a mahogany-bodied Marauder with maple fingerboard (Natural Mahogany finish). Mahogany versions were only available in 1978/79. It is unclear how many mahogany-bodied Marauders were made as they are not specifically mentioned in the shipping figures. Interestingly the 1979 literature suggests examples with mahogany necks may have been available, though this is currently unconfirmed. Do you have a mahogany necked Gibson Marauder? if so, please comment.

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Steven Hancock Comment left 31st May 2018 07:07:22 replyJust purchased a Marauder SN 8XXX0XX. This tells me that the guitar is a 1980, but this site shows production ending in 1979.
Anyone else have a 1980 Marauder or know about production beyond 1979?
Body is dark brown, looks like walnut and has the mix pot.

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Vintage Guitar and Bass Comment left 2nd June 2018 07:07:37 replyYes Steven, Gibson did ship them into the eighties - at least 1981, but in small numbers only (compared to the late seventies at least). Available Gibson shipping stats stops at 1979, hence the data above. They shipped some nice examples in Candy Apple Red around this time too.

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JYC Comment left 6th February 2017 11:11:22 replyHi,
I've got a 75 Marauder, with some very dark Brown clearcoat. The woodgrain is visible through the coat.
The neck isn't laminated but solid maple. Fingerboard is rosewood.
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sebastian Comment left 1st April 2016 22:10:51 replythanks for your work and for publishing this.
two questions:
1/ there s no black marauders in the list?
i got one of those.
2/ there seems to be two versions, one with the PU-mix pot inbetween the two volume pots, one with the PU-mix out on the wing?
thanks!
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Vintage Guitar and Bass Comment left 27th January 2017 10:10:28 replyHi Sebastian - Gibson called their black finished guitars 'Ebony' (not to be confused with the wood species) - so black marauders were shipped (according to the figures above) from 1978.The change from three-way switch to PU-blend pot seems to have occurred in late 1976.